PostgreSQL is a powerful, open-source relational database management system known for its robustness, scalability, and compliance with SQL standards. It's designed to handle a wide range of workloads, from single-machine applications to complex web services with many concurrent users. Offering features such as foreign keys, joins, views, triggers, and stored procedures, PostgreSQL also provides advanced data types and full-text search capabilities, making it highly extensible. Its strong emphasis on standards compliance eliminates compatibility issues, promoting portability across different systems. For application developers, PostgreSQL's robust concurrency model, including Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC), ensures high transaction throughput and consistency, making it ideal for applications that require reliable data integrity and performance. Integration is seamless with a wide variety of programming languages, enhancing its utility across different application architectures.

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